an expressive style of music

a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes

a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s

genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll

a musical style of West Indian origin, influenced by jazz, usually having topical, often improvised, lyrics.